Archive for May 2022

 Kylei Cornelison, Wildcats Media  Alena Noakes, a Grant Parish native, was all smiles as she walked across the stage at Louisiana Christian University’s Commencement Exercises earlier this month. She, however, had completed all her requirements to graduate and with honors by December 2021. She was the 2018 recipient of the Smith Scholarship.  At Louisiana Christian…

The first Frosh Days for new students at Louisiana Christian University will begin this weekend. Friday evening and Saturday morning will be full of many opportunities for entering freshmen to get ready for learning and living on campus come August.  “We are excited to add this dimension to the University’s Freshman Year Experience,” said LCU…

 By Sierra Boudreaux, Wildcats Media  They say everything is bigger in Texas, but the three Woods siblings might disagree. They found their college home in small town Louisiana.  The mysterious ways of the Lord and a dedicated father brought Krissa, Jonathan and Jaycee Woods, and they say the Louisiana Christian University campus community and welcoming…

 Goats and rabbits and sheep? Oh my!  Louisiana Christian University Art Professor WangLing Chou gets lots of variation on that exclamation from her students who may find themselves on any given day creating pottery while a goat nibbles on their shoelaces.  Recently, she began doing “goat ceramics,” and it’s gotten some buzz around campus.  There’s…

 Congresswoman Julia Letlow delivered a message centered on hope and faith, as the commencement speaker for the first graduating class from Louisiana Christian University.  Louisiana Christian University achieved university status in the fall of 2021.  LCU conferred 249 degrees – 171 undergraduate and 78 graduate –at its 167th Commencement Exercises Saturday.  “You have proven yourselves…

Representatives from Central Louisiana Human Services District held a Youth Crisis Intervention Training Friday at Louisiana Christian University to train staff in Student Services on how to better assist students in crisis situations. The day-long session covered topics related to the adolescent brain and mental health, and how to de-escalate situations, including suicidal threats, that…

Louisiana Christian University signed an articulation agreement Friday with Central Louisiana Technical Community College for a new Bachelor of Applied Science Degree. LCU President Dr. Rick Brewer and CLTCC Chancellor Jimmy Sawtelle  signed the agreement creating a pathway for CLTCC graduates to attend LCU to complete their final two years of study to earn a…

   Louisiana Christian University will confer 249 degrees – 171 undergraduate and 78 graduate – Saturday at its 167th Commencement Exercises.  Many of these students have already decided on what’s next on their journey.  Trinity Foster, of Deville, will be graduating with a degree in biology and chemistry, and has been accepted into LSU Dental…

By Phoebe Lim, Wildcats Media Three is a magic number.  Nowhere is this truer than Louisiana Christian University, where the Thompson trio are. LCU has had a lot of graduates over its 116 years in Pineville.  Sometimes, generations of the same family attend LCU, and this is the case with the Thompson siblings. The three…